CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF ANIMAL-MODELS IN PSYCHIATRY - A CONFERENCE SUMMARY

Authors
MCKINNEY WT GARDNER R BARLOW GW MCGUIRE MT
Citation
Wt. Mckinney et al., CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF ANIMAL-MODELS IN PSYCHIATRY - A CONFERENCE SUMMARY, Ethology and sociobiology, 15(5-6), 1994, pp. 369-382
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Social Sciences, Biomedical","Behavioral Sciences",Zoology
Journal title
Ethology and sociobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01623095
Volume
15
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
369 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0162-3095(1994)15:5-6<369:CBOAIP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Future progress in selected areas of psychiatric research will depend upon use of animal models. The incorporation of such models into clini cal psychiatry needs to be done carefully and in a way not only conson ant with descriptive psychiatry and cellular molecular biology, but al so with evolutionary biology and related fields. This report summarize s critical concepts of evolutionary biology that provide a framework f or relating animal modeling research to clinical issues.